Professional Documents
Culture Documents
I. Introduction
A. 1450-1750 dramatic changes
1. Still agricultural
2. Commercially active
3. Manufacturing base
4. Science at center of society
5. Shifting ideas of family/nature
6. Increased bureaucratization – sound familiar?
B. Reasons for change
1. Dominance of international trade
2. Overseas expansion
3. Combination of commerce, state, culture, and technology
4. 1450-1650 – series of cultural shifts
5. 1650-1750 – Scientific Revolution > Enlightenment